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Multidisciplinary Lab Whitehead Building 101
Student class poster printing instructions for the HP Deskjet 800 are here for PowerPoint.
Conference and faculty poster printing instructions for the HPZ6100 for Power Point are here and for PDF here.The Multidisciplinary Lab is a classroom/computer lab used by students during the semester. The computers are equipped with the standard UAS software build, as well as more specialized, environmental science and geography oriented software such as: ArcGIS 10.1, Erdas IMAGINE 9.3, Matlab, Hoboware Pro, Pathfinder Office, Rockware, Vernier Logger Pro, Data Studio, AutoCAD 2010LT, Google Earth, and others.
We also have GPS units, dataloggers, gages, digital cameras, Mios, compasses, and various other items such as ice axes, crampons, and waders, available for checkout for use in student projects.


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Goodbye humdrum. Hello, gorgeous!!
With the release of CHIC Made Simple, an all new cookbook written by food stylist, columnist and recipe developer Esther Deutsch, kosher food continues to blaze new trails, offering sophisticated, appealing recipes that are, (surprise, surprise!) both delicious and deceptively easy to prepare.
As a food editor at Ami Magazine, Mrs. Deutsch, a Flatbush resident, developed a loyal following with her MANNA column, which dazzled readers with recipes that were a cut above their usual fare, but didn't require endless hours in the kitchen. Fast forward to her debut cookbook CHIC Made Simple, a 384 page volume studded with over two hundred photographs that are so appealing you have be careful not to drool all over the pages.
CHIC Made Simple features over 185 recipes, some original and some reader favorites, with chapters devoted to Appetizers and Sides, Soups, Salads, Poultry, Meat, Fish, Dairy and Desserts. Creativity abounds here from Gefilte Fish Sushi to Balsamic Grilled Peaches with Basil-Pistachio Ice Cream on Cinnamon Skewers to an intriguing recipe for ice bowls, made out of empty half gallon and quart containers.
The Jewish Press: How did someone with no formal culinary training become so intricately involved in cooking and styling food?
Esther Deutsch: Aside from the actual satisfaction I get from cooking, plating and eating, of course, I am a photography enthusiast and would capture my plated dishes on camera. Looking to take things to the next level, I scheduled a session with a professional food photographer to take pictures of my favorite family recipes in order to get my cookbook project going, but with a son and daughter close in age, I put the idea of writing a cookbook on the "back burner."
Fast forward a couple of years, and while organizing family photos on my hard drive, I came across the food photographs and I thought "what a shame that such beautiful mouthwatering images were left forgotten." So, I posted them on Facebook, where Rechy Frankfurter, who was then the editor for Mishpacha magazine and is now editor of AMI magazine, stumbled upon them. The rest is history.
The term food stylist didn't even exist until recently. Why do you think the visual presentation of food has become so important?
ED: The presentation of food will determine whether your dining experience will be an adventure or an just an average eating experience. A few extra seconds devoted to prettying up a plate will whet the appetite. Even if you are preparing a dish for yourself, it is amazing how much more enjoyable your meal will be if your food is nicely displayed. "We eat with our eyes" is an old, but true, cliché. When it comes to food, the more senses you capture, the more enjoyable the eating experience.
How tough is it to come up with things that not only look and taste great, but don't take forever to prepare?
ED: Raising young children definitely does not offer the luxury of fussing in the kitchen all day. I don't want to spend an entire Friday cooking in the kitchen, even when we are expecting company, while my children are home. So my main objective is recipes that are quick and easy. When I developed and tested the recipes for CHIC Made Simple, there was a rigorous mental checklist. First and foremost, I would ask myself "Is this fast and easy? Delicious? Beautiful? Will I want to prepare this dish many more times?" If there was a resounding yes to all four questions, I knew it was a keeper.
Is it even feasible to expect today's women, who are typically working full time and doing it all, to create elegant presentations in addition to turning out incredibly delicious food?
ED: CHIC Made Simple was designed for the busy woman. The recipes are fast, the ingredient lists are short and the dishes only look complicated. In reality, they are a snap to prepare. My approach of "less is more" works best when it comes to cooking and plating food. If you look at cookbooks or magazines from several decades ago you see how food presentation has evolved. In the past food was over styled. The serving pieces were ornate and there were lots of props surrounding the dish. Because life has sped up and become busier, we look for simplicity wherever we can, especially in the kitchen. What people find appealing now is presentation that's kept simple: all you need is a clean white plate, a simple garnish, and a little TLC in order to produce a well presented dish. It is okay if it isn't perfect looking; there is beauty in imperfection. There are also so many fabulous inexpensive white plates available and they add lots of visual interest to the dish, while eliminating the need to fuss with the styling.

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English: Strawberry PanicJapanese: ストロベリー・パニック
Type: TVEpisodes: 26Status: Finished AiringAired: Apr 4, 2006 to Sep 26, 2006Premiered: Spring 2006Genres: Drama, Romance, School, Shoujo AiDuration: 25 min. per ep.Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Aoi Nagisa transfers to a new Catholic girls only school and discovers a community of fellow students entwined in an intricate heirarchy, at the top of which sits the all important Etoile. In order to fit in, Nagisa must go to class, join clubs, and make new friends. Meanwhile, Shizuna Hanazono, the Etoile of the school, finds herself drawn to this new, exciting transfer student. As Shizuna and Nagisa get to know eachother, Shizuna finally decides it is time to face her troubled past. Nagisa Aoi is a first year high school student who has been sent to the Astraea Dormitory after her parents are transferred abroad. The dormitory houses girls from three different girls' schools: St. Spica's Academy, St. Le Rim Girls School and St. Miatre Girls Academy. There she meets the representative of the three girls' schools, Shizuma Hanazano, also know as the Etoile, who is beloved by all students at all schools. The two of them have an interesting first encounter and Hanazano seems to take an instant liking for Aoi. User Ratings: 2047 ratings have been given [details] Masterpiece: 631 votes (sub:616, dub:8, raw:4, ?:1, others:2 2 Spanish subtitled)


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Church Welcomes Thousands of New Catholics at Easter
A look at the new members of the body of Christ who came into the Church at the Easter vigil across the country.
Thousands of new Catholics were baptized and thousands more Christians were received into full communion with the Catholic Church at the Easter vigil last weekend.
Jeanette DeMelo, communications director for the Archdiocese of Denver (and recently named editor and chief of the Register, to start in June), reflected on the vigil Mass' beginnings in darkness and the symbolism of its transformation into full light.
"Christ our light comes and breaks through the darkness that we experience in suffering and in death and in sin," she told EWTN News April 9. "I think that also happens for each of those people who are coming into full communion with the Church. There is that experience of the light of Christ."
Young and old, single and married, immigrants and native-born Americans, all came together as the newest members of the Church for the feast of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
One of those received into the Church is Houston resident Randall Wilson, a meteorologist who was born and raised a Baptist. He first experienced the Catholic Mass while on a date and felt drawn back for more, according to the U.S. bishops' conference.
"The richness and fullness of the Catholic Church isn't found anywhere else. Looking back, I see how much was missing," he said ahead of Easter. "I'm not even 100% Catholic yet, but I can't imagine my life without the holy sacraments, without praying the holy Rosary, without confessions and without the holy Eucharist."
Those who were not already Christian received the sacrament of baptism, while those converting from other Christian traditions made a profession of faith with the newly baptized. They all participated in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, which is a process for conversion and study of the Catholic faith.
About 22 people from a variety of backgrounds, mostly unbaptized catechumens, entered the Catholic Church at downtown Denver's Holy Ghost Church.
"Our sanctuary was completely filled. It was great also for our pastor, with his first time celebrating the Easter vigil," parochial vicar Father Michael Warren told EWTN News April 9.
One man had come from a "very difficult family background" and underwent many "spiritual struggles," the priest reported.
He had doubts about his ability to finish the RCIA program and doubts about his ability to be loved by God.
"There were lots of times he was tempted to drop out of the program, but he persevered," Father Warren said. "He was probably the happiest of the whole lot, because he had known such a great trial. He was so happy when the moment finally came to be able to enter the Church."
At St. Agnes Parish in St. Paul, Minn., a family of nine Hmong children were baptized on Saturday.
After their mother died, they went to live with their uncle. He enrolled them in the parish school, where they had powerful experiences at Mass and took religious classes that encouraged them to ask their school's pastor for baptism.
Felichia Laws, a 30-year-old Texas resident, told the bishops' conference that her new daughter's baptism helped encourage her to join the Catholic Church.
"During my daughter's baptism, my body was overcome by so much joy and fulfillment that it is very hard to put into words," said Laws, who began RCIA just before her daughter received baptism.
"I realized then that though I had started the process for her, I also wanted the same baptism for me."
Teenaged brothers Alex and Chris Barbosa were baptized at St. John Catholic Church in Monroe County, Mich.
Chris, 13, told the Monroe News his reason for baptism was "hope."
Sixteen-year-old Alex said he wanted "to form a better relationship with God."
"It was destined to be," he said.
The numbers of new Catholics run into the tens of thousands.
In the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, nearly 2,400 joined the Catholic Church. Groups of over 1,000 people joined the Church in the Archdioceses of Denver, New York, San Francisco, San Antonio and Washington.
The Diocese of Orange, Calif., set a record number for new Catholics, with 921 newly baptized and 668 already baptized Christians entering the Church.
Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Washington have welcomed over 1,000 people into the Church at Easter for each of the past nine years.
According to the 2011 Official Catholic Directory, more than 43,300 adults were baptized as Catholics last year, while 72,800 people were received into full communion with the Church.


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While in Costa Rica, Boston chef Steve Johnson was inspired to make fish cakes from leftover red snapper and boiled yuca. The combination takes clever advantage of the vegetable's starchy character, which binds the cakes together while allowing the flavor of the snapper to come through cleanly. We prefer to use frozen yuca, which has a better consistency and is easier to prepare.
- Yield
- Makes 6 servings
- For red snapper yuca cakes
- 1 1/2 pounds frozen yuca*
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, halved lengthwise then thinly sliced lengthwise
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pounds red snapper fillets, skinned and any bones removed
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- 3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- For mojo de ajo
- 6 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup fresh orange juice (from 2 oranges)
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (from 2 limes)
- 6 fresh Thai chiles (red or green), seeded and minced, or 2 to 3 serrano chiles (including seeds), minced
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced shallot (4 small)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Accompaniment: lime wedges
- Make cakes:
- Simmer yuca in boiling salted water until fork-tender, 30 to 35 minutes. Drain yuca and transfer to a large bowl, then cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
- While yuca is cooling, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onion with cumin and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne, stirring occasionally, until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Sprinkle salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon cayenne over fish and add to onion in skillet, then sauté, turning fish over once, until just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer fish with onion to a plate and cool to room temperature.
- Remove thin, fibrous core from yuca if necessary, then coarsely mash yuca with a wooden spoon. Flake fish and add to yuca along with onion and herbs, tossing to combine (mixture will be coarse). Form into 12 (2 1/2-inch) cakes (1 inch thick) and transfer to a wax-paper-lined tray. Cover cakes with plastic wrap and chill 30 minutes.
- Make mojo while cakes chill:
- Cook garlic in oil in a small skillet over low heat, stirring, until just softened, about 3 minutes. Transfer garlic with oil to a small bowl and stir in remaining mojo ingredients. Chill mojo, covered, until serving.
- Sauté cakes:
- Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat in a 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably nonstick) until hot but not smoking, then sauté half of cakes, turning over once, until browned and heated through, about 8 minutes total. Sauté remaining cakes in remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons oil. Serve with mojo and lime wedges.
- *Available at Latino markets and some supermarkets.
Cooks' notes:
·Formed cakes (not sautéed) and mojo can be chilled up to 1 day.
·frozen, wrapped well, 2 weeks. Thaw in refrigerator before cooking.
·frozen, wrapped well, 2 weeks. Thaw in refrigerator before cooking.


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Claiborne, Carter youngsters on the rise for Cowboys
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ATLANTA — If you are young and a member of the Dallas Cowboys, chances are something bad happened to you recently.
That is, unless your name is Morris Claiborne or Bruce Carter.
While clouds hang over the heads of youngsters plagued by either injuries (DeMarco Murray, Sean Lee), legal/family issues (Dez Bryant, Tyron Smith) or mistake-riddled play (Bryant), life for Claiborne and Carter just keeps getting better.
Tonight, the Cowboys need the two sons of the South to shine in the Georgia Dome.
Claiborne, a first-round pick from LSU, and fellow cornerback Brandon Carr will be charged with slowing down Atlanta's dynamic receiving duo of Roddy White and Julio Jones.
Coach Jason Garrett and defensive coordinator Rob Ryan agree Claiborne seems up to the tall task after watching him record five tackles, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery in last week's loss to the Giants.
Claiborne is the only Dallas defender to record turnovers in back-to-back games this season. Two weeks ago, he intercepted a pass in the end zone in the win at Carolina.
"If you look at him over the course of the season, you've seen him grow physically and also in his demeanor and how aggressive he's playing," Garrett said. "There were a couple of plays against the Giants where he's making tackles, and he's really consciously trying to rip the ball out.
"The ball didn't come out, but his mentality is that of a playmaker. And in relation to the football on the back end, that's a real positive for us. He's grown right before our eyes."
Told Claiborne's confidence level seems to increase each game, Ryan said, "Doesn't it jump off the tape that way? The game is really starting to slow down for Mo. And he's just going to get better and better."
The same can be said of Carter, a second-year inside linebacker from North Carolina who also excelled against the Giants, notching seven tackles, a tackle for loss and one pass breakup. With Lee out, Carter also called the defensive signals.
It was a remarkable performance, considering that a year ago last week, Carter made his NFL debut after starting his rookie season in the trainer's room rehabbing a knee injury left over from his senior year.
"It's a whole lot different," said Carter, who was limited to special-teams duty against Philadelphia on Oct. 30, 2011. "Last year, I was nervous playing in my first NFL game. This year, I'm really in the mix."
Garrett said Carter played "particularly well" against the Giants.
"He handled his communication role and did a good job covering and running to the ball and making hits on the ball," Garrett said.
Like Claiborne, Carter has a tough matchup tonight, facing future Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez.
"It's going to be our biggest challenge of the season," Carter said of facing the Falcons, who average nearly 30 points a game. "But we've got to go in there, stick together and fight our way through."
Count on Claiborne and Carter swinging to the very end.


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CHICO — Shop window performances, dance flash mobs and holiday music invaded downtown Chico streets Sunday night for Downtown Chico Business Association's annual Christmas Preview.
The event features merchants and businesses in the downtown area and showcased many programs in the community.
Hype Dance Studio took over the shop window of Kreations during the festivities with holiday and energetic performances by Fusion Dance Company, Hype Mini All Stars and the company's "street team."
During performances, parents and onlookers recorded dance routines. One dad, crouched down with children spectators, recorded his daughter with a cellphone while mouthing the words to "Hey Mickey."
The dance studio, which has around 300 students, rehearsed their Christmas performances for two weeks, said Sarah Blakley, director of Hype dance studio.
Another dance studio, Chico Creek Dance Centre, had performances by Full Force Dance Company in the window of Pita Pit.
The company, which focuses on hip hop dancing, has participated in the Christmas Preview for 5 years. For the Christmas Preview performance the team learned holiday routines. They also brought advanced pop and lock, break dancing and street dance routines usually performed at community events, including Chico State University's upcoming Multicultural night, held Nov. 7, said Genevieve Vena, head director of Full force.
Christmas Preview hosted several bands, including The Yule Logs, Decades and All Fired Up who performed upbeat and family-friendly music.
The event also featured caroling from Chico's Sounds of the Valley Chorus and holiday music sung by Kristin Williams Baugher, of North Valley Voice Studios, as she sat atop The Address, a local furniture and accessories shop.
Chico Fire Department and The Blaze got into the holiday spirit at the event while promoting their Coats for Kids Drive, which aims to keep local area children warm during winter through the donations of coats brought to various bins in town.
They also promoted their Adopt-A-Family Christmas giveaway, where the fire department, with Santa, delivers toys, school supplies, clothing, food and other gifts to pre-determined families in need.
The families, picked by various social service programs, are also given a "safety stocking" with smoke and carbon dioxide alarms which are set up for the family.
"We're going to give them the gift of safety," said Marie Fickert, Chico fire inspector.
The fire department is seeking donations from the public.
Those wishing to donate can give holiday gifts as well as canned and non-perishable boxed foods until Dec. 10.
Donations for Adopt-A-Family can be taken by the Chico Fire Department and coat bins can be located by visiting www.1035theblaze.com.
Staff Writer Christina Rafael can be reached at 896-7761 or firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also follow her on twitter @christinarafa1.


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Microsoft's Windows Server "Longhorn" operating system will be entering the world shortly. And that means Windows Server 2003 is almost out of date, Windows Server 2000 is almost obsolete, and Windows NT Server is little more than a historical curiosity.
That may be Microsoft's idea of the state of play on the operating system world, but the reality for those responsible for delivering and managing IT infrastructures is rather different. If NT is dead, no one seems to have told them. A recent Gartner survey found that 35 percent of organizations still have at least one NT server running somewhere, doing something, according to principal research analyst Jonathan Hardcastle. The total number of NT servers in use today must therefore be quite large: Gartner estimates that of the 20 million Windows servers around the world, about 1 million are NT servers. An appreciably larger number are Windows 2000 servers.
Why are there so many NT servers out there, when the support life cycle for Windows NT Server finished at the end of 2004, and only custom support is available at a price that doesn't make sense for a company with a single NT server tucked away in the proverbial closet somewhere? Even Windows Server 2000 is coming to the end of its support life cycle. It is in the Extended Support phase, which essentially means Microsoft continues to provide security hotfixes and paid support but no longer provides complimentary support options, design change requests, and nonsecurity hotfixes.
The obvious answer is the old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" argument, but this makes less and less sense in an era where security is vital.
"If you are not on custom support, it is pretty reckless to be using NT, but you may have some applications which are not exposed on the Web or to outside sources," says Hardcastle.
This opinion is echoed by Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor at New Hampshire based research house Illuminata. "There was a time when old servers ran forever in a closet with whatever OS and apps they were running, but today, in most circumstances, this is simply not secure. In the prenetworked age it was no big deal, but now it is hard to say that a server is isolated. It is risky."
What's true for NT will be true for 2000 in a few years, so organizations with an NT server unless it really is running in complete isolation or a 2000 server should begin exploring migration options now.
And "migrate," as opposed to upgrade, is indeed the correct word in this context. In the case of Windows NT, even moving to another Windows platform is a significant change, not least because of the introduction of Active Directory. Moving a Windows Server 2000 server to 2003 or beyond is a less significant change, but the difficulties that may be encountered should not be underestimated.
An interim measure some organizations are taking is virtualizing their NT servers using software from VMware. This has a number of benefits. Moving the server to newer physical hardware increases reliability, and getting NT-based applications to run in virtual hardware takes physical hardware out of the equation when migrating the applications to another operating system running in an identical virtual machine.
Of course, the big question is this: Once you decide to migrate from NT or Windows Server 2000 to another platform, which platform do you chose? On paper, abandoning NT presents the ideal opportunity to consider non-Microsoft alternatives, which in most cases will be one of the enterprise-class distributions of Linux, such as Red Hat or SUSE. But this is not necessarily the case.
"There was a time when old servers ran forever in a closet with whatever OS and apps they were running, but today in most circumstances this is simply not secure. In the prenetworked age it was no big deal, but now it is hard to say that a server is isolated. It is risky." Gordon Haff, principal IT advisor, Illuminata
"In the past we thought NT4 users might be candidates to move to Linux, as maybe they didn't want the complexity of later versions of Windows with Active Directory. In reality, we haven't seen that," says Gartner's Jonathan Hardcastle.
There are probably two main reasons for this. First, it's all about apps. If you have custom-engineered VB6 apps running on an NT server, it may not be the easiest task to get them to run on a newer Windows Server product (or rewrite them in the .Net framework), but you can bet it will be harder to port them to Linux. And second, if you're a Microsoft-only shop, switching even relatively simple tasks like file and print services to Linux is far from trivial.
"Moving to a mixed Unix/Linux environment is hard, as you won't have the necessary Linux skills, and integration of the two OSes is a fairly significant move," says Haff. "One of the characteristics of Microsoft is that it tends to monolithics. It's better than before but, it still doesn't play that nicely with other operating systems."
If, on the other hand, you already have a mixed environment of Windows and Linux or Unix, then getting rid of your last NT server doesn't automatically mean migrating to another Windows platform. An NT-based file and print server, for example, could be reasonably replaced by a Samba server and still serve Windows clients.
The final question worth asking is this: If you are sticking with Microsoft, do you migrate to Windows Server 2003, which is reasonably mature and still in the initial Mainstream Support phase, or wait until later this year for Server "Longhorn"?
"I think it probably makes more sense to look at the stable Windows Server 2003 rather than wait for Longhorn," says Hardcastle. "To be prudent, you need to wait for the first Longhorn service pack which is perhaps quite some time ahead, while Windows Server 2003 is a reasonably well-proven release."


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7 Clues for Investors to Look for Within Annual Reports
You don't have to be Warren Buffett to know what makes a company tick.
Way back when, if you owned stock in a company, you'd often find a glossy annual report in your mailbox. Nowadays, all you may receive is a letter telling you where to download the report on the company's Web site. And truth be told, annual reports are being supplanted by the Form 10-K, the annual filing required by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Don't be put off by the form's intimidating appearance. We've highlighted some key sections—and what to focus on in each.
1. Business. The first part of the 10-K provides a thorough look at what the firm does or makes, its divisions, and where in the world its products are made and sold. It also gives info on key customers and competitors, and where the company stands in its industry. You may even learn an interesting fact or two—for example, that there really were a Mr. Procter and a Mr. Gamble, and that they founded P&G in 1837.
2. Risk factors. Listed in order of importance, these are the factors that may adversely affect the company's business. Much of this section, found just after the "Business" description, may elicit a big duh, such as P&G's disclosure that "our businesses face cost fluctuations and pressures that could affect our business results." But read carefully and you may ferret out less-obvious risks, such as a disproportionate share of sales coming from a single product or customer.
3. Management's discussion and analysis. In Part II of the 10-K, the company reports and analyzes its performance over the past year compared with the previous year's results.
4. Income statement. This is a basic report of sales, expenses and profits. Ideally, you want to see a trend of rising sales and earnings. A 10-K typically shows three years of results, as well as a five-year summary in the section called "Selected Financial Data." Focus on the trend in net earnings rather than earnings per share, in part because share buybacks, which cut the number of outstanding shares, can skew earnings per share and thus camouflage a drop in overall profits.
5. Balance sheet. This is a snapshot of the company's assets (such as cash and inventory) and its liabilities (such as outstanding debt). Zero in on how much long-term debt the firm carries and whether retained profits, the earnings a company reinvests in its business, have grown in each of the past three years. Great companies have little or no long-term debt on their balance sheets—or they generate enough profit annually to pay off that debt within three to five years.
6. Notes to financial statements. To some people, the 10-K notes matter as much as the statements. That's because Note 1 describes the accounting methods used to prepare the financial statements. If a company has made a change to its methodology from the previous year, any results from prior years, as well as the current year, that are stated in the current 10-K will be adjusted to reflect that change.
7. Auditor's report. Look for this key sentence: "In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly...the financial position of the company." That means the company has honestly described its finances over the past year to the best knowledge of the accounting firm that is auditing the 10-K.
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This year's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona is shaping up to be the best yet. But with a rather mute response to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Series announcement, it's taken another company to blow us away in the mobile phone stakes.
That company is HTC and below are some beautiful pictures of its latest handset range.
HTC Legend
The HTC Legend is the Hero on steroids. Packing Android 2.1 and a new aluminium chassis, the device is already shaping up to being our must-have phone of 2010.
With new features like Helicopter mode – which allows you to see all eight home screens at one – the phone nails both functionality and cool.
The addition of an OLED screen (3.2-inch HVGA) adds some imaging sparkle to the device – and will be great for watching movies on.
There's a lot of linking going on in the HTC Legend. This includes the option of having all your social-networking feeds in one place. Like, you know, having all your friends in one room.


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'Zero Chance' Atheists Will Have 9/11 Cross Removed From NYC Memorial
Despite its ongoing efforts to have the display of a cross near the World Trade Center memorial in New York City removed, legal experts strongly doubt the American Atheists organization has any chance of a court agreeing with its claim that the relic discriminates against those who are not Christians.
"It is important that it not be displayed to the exclusion of everyone else," said David Silverman, president of the American Atheists. "This case is about inclusion, it is not about the elimination of religion, it is about the inclusion of everyone."
The organization, which is one of the largest secular groups in America, first filed the lawsuit in July 2011, CNN reported. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum, however, is arguing that its intention with displaying the cross is not to offend anyone, but to honor the cross which had "became an icon of hope and comfort throughout the recovery in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks."
The cross in question was found in the rubble of the Twin Towers, where a pair of girders had formed what resembles a cross. It was discovered by Frank Silecchia, a construction worker helping with relief efforts at Ground Zero. It has subsequently been raised up and blessed by clergy men, and has become a symbol of hope for many believers.
The American Atheists, however, argue in a statement: "We honor the dead and respect the families, which is why we will not allow the many Christians who died get preferential representation over the many non-Christians who suffered the same fate. This was an attack against America: not Christianity. Christianity does not deserve special placement just because the girders look like their religious symbol."
The organization also ridicule the cross by saying that it has been presented as a reminder that God "in his infinite power of goodness, who couldn't be bothered to stop the Muslim terrorists, or stop the fire, or hold up the buildings to stop 3000 people from being crushed, cared enough to bestow upon us some rubble that resembles a cross. Ridiculous."
A number of organizations, however, like the American Center for Law and Justice, who often represent religious groups and fight for religious freedom, have said that attempts to remove the cross from the 9/11 memorial is further examples of growing anti-Christian sentiment in the country.
"As the National September 11 Memorial & Museum correctly argues in its court filings, 'there is no legal authority for the proposition that a museum is prohibited from displaying an item with historical, cultural or artistic significance merely because that item also has religious significance,' the Center explains in its defense of the cross.
It notes that the Supreme Court has repeatedly maintained that the Constitution does not require the eradication all religious symbols in the public realm in its goal to avoid governmental endorsement.
Many other legal experts have also said that there is nothing un-constitutional with keeping the cross at the memorial to serve as a symbol.
"I think the odds of a court ordering the cross removed are literally zero," said Jeffrey Toobin, a legal analyst for CNN. "The museum is not building a place for religious worship, they are preserving a historical relic that was meaningful to a great many people and part of the story of 9/11."
"When the government is surveying a historic development, the government does not have to exclude religions images and artifacts from its displays," Toobin added.


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I have been looking at a 57' Carri Craft to rebuild. It has twin, 6 cylinder Perkins diesel. Has anyone had any experience with these boats?
Unique boats. Built like tanks. Due to the age a good survey is in order by a better than average Surveyor. Make sure you have insurance lined up prior to commiting. In their day they were a high dollar ride.
Keep us up to date with pictures. Is this the one in Florida?
We owned a 54 foot steel twin hulled version that predated the glass boat. Tryly ugly but a great party boat.
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The owner started a remodeling job, about 5 years ago, and never finished it. Both engines checked out and run good. We did a sea trail of 40 miles on lake Okeechobee and it handled good. I was planning on gutting it and replacing most items for a live-aboard. Insurance will be liability only. We have a canal front lot for mooring with all services. The selling price is very reasonable.
I do like the hull design on the Carrie Crafts, they appear they wouldn't require much power at all to run displacement speed.
I passed on the deal. The wiring, plumbing and power are not a problem but, I'll be the first to admit that I am NOT a finish carpenter. At my age and only having the winter months to work on it' I would never finish it in time to enjoy it. Like old Clint Eastwood said, a man must know his limitations.
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"Backmask" is the most confusing title for a movie I've ever heard but it's actually a good old fashioned "record backwards letting out a demon" type romp. Excited? What if I was to tell you that "13 Going On 30" alum Brittany Curran has been added to the cast? Are you excited now? Well that was a test and you just failed. I hope you're happy.
Why the hell not! MTV has dropped news that they're beginning production on a TV series based on the popular "Scream" franchise. No word as of yet if Wes Craven, or anyone else from the series for that matter, will be involved with the project but word around campus is I'll make stupid comments about it for the next few weeks and then just ignore it all together. More on this story as it develops.
And here we go. "FDR: American Badass" is apparently not the next Kid rock album but a full fledged movie about our 32nd president riding around in a wheelchair trying to stop polo spreading werewolves. Serious. That's a real thing happening. The film has been picked up by Screen Media for distribution to VOD and DVD. Eventually we'll get to a point where Jimmy Carter is battling trolls. Then we'll know we've gone to far.
"Category Six" is a new found footage flick about a group of high school students who try to survive a category six tornado. Arlen Escarpeta,the guy who tried to beat it to a clothing catalog in the "Friday the 13th" remake, has been cast in the film as one of the high schoolers along side Alycia Debnam-Carey, who has a sour puss. Both are way too old to be high school students.
To see boobies in 3D or not to see boobies in 3D. That is the question. It's a tough one, and unfortunately we're all going to have to answer it because Dimension films has just dropped that "Piranha 3DD" will be released both theatricality and on VOD at the same time. So will the dirtbag in me who wants to see bouncy things in 3D win over the part of me that hates seeing sunlight. I for one can't wait to see how this turns out.
There's so many genre shows in the works I almost forgot that there's already one I watch and kind of like. It's "American Horror Story". It's fun to learn things about each other isn't it? But the news here is that Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe will all be returning for Season 2 as different characters. The story this season will take place on the East Coast and focus on Jessica Lange's character. I also really enjoy ice cream and Neil Diamond. I love you.
New movie alert! Oh god I love new movie alerts. The project is called "The Occult" and already has Rufus Sewell, Anne Heche, and Alycia Debnam-Carey in the cast. What's more it'll be directed by Christian E. Christiansen who directed "The Roomate" and that movie was terrible! Are you pumped? I was too excited to read the plot, but I did skim it and there's something about the devil's daughter coming to earth and a small town with some girls and some killings. Oh man, it's the best Monday ever.
Good for Julia Stiles. She's landed the lead role in the upcoming NBC series "Midnight Sun" about a FBI agent trying to track down a cult that mysteriously disappeared. I believe we're one step closer to finally seeing a "Save the Last Dance 2".


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Game Change airs on HBO, Saturday, March 10, 2012 @ 9PM
Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Game Change
"Hollywood lies are Hollywood lies. The film is based on a false narrative." Palin told Fox News last week. She said she has no plans to see the film though she did catch the trailer. Her PAC even created its own "trailer" to counteract "Game Change," dubbing the HBO film "fiction."
- Trying to Train and Contain a Candidate: "Game Change," an engaging HBO docudrama about Gov. Sarah Palin's 2008 run for the vice presidency, stars Julianne Moore as the Alaska governor with her eyes on the White House…. – NYT, 3-9-12
- 'Game Change' debuts Saturday, draws criticism from Palin, McCain: HBO's much anticipated movie adaptation of "Game Change," the best-selling book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann about the 2008 presidential election, airs Saturday night. The film has drawn criticism from two of the major characters…. – WaPo, 3-9-12
- Sarah Palin attacks HBO's film 'Game Change' about Sarah Palin: Near the end of the HBO film "Game Change," John McCain (Ed Harris) gives kudos to his running mate Sarah Palin (Julianne Moore) during his concession speech, calling her "one of the best campaigners I've ever seen."
"Still think she's fit for office?" says senior campaign strategist Steve Schmidt (Woody Harrelson) to campaign manager Rick Davis (Peter MacNicol).
"Who cares?" Davis responds. "In 48 hours, nobody will even remember who she is."…. – Atlanta Journal Constitution, 3-7-12
- Sarah Palin comes unhinged as star rises in 'Game Change': There is one thing the new HBO movie "Game Change" won't alter after it airs on television in one week: Sarah Palin still will be loved by many Republican conservatives and loathed by liberal Democrats.
In the controversial new TV movie that aims at a behind-the-scenes portrait of the former U.S. vice presidential candidate, Julianne Moore portrays Sarah Palin as a devoted Republican who lacks basic knowledge of world affairs and careens out of control.
Adapted from parts of the bestselling book of the same name by journalists John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, "Game Change" dramatizes Republican John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign and his choice of Palin as a running mate who was shaped into a political star, nearly leading to a nervous breakdown…. – Reuters, 3-2-12
- Sarah Palin Takes Shots At HBO's 'Game Change': Sarah Palin is firing back at the coming HBO docudrama "Game Change." The former Alaska governor posted a video called "Game Change We Can Believe In" on YouTube that's critical of the TV docudrama. The HBO film tells the story of the 2008 presidential campaign, focusing on John McCain's failed bid for the White House alongside vice-presidential candidate Palin. In Palin's YouTube parody, she labels the movie "Fact Change" and titles announce "we know the truth." The clip also features real-life images of Palin that put her in a more positive light. In the movie, Palin is played by actress Julianne Moore…. – WSJ, 3-2-12
- 'Game Change' Screenwriter Responds To Charges That Film Borrowed From Palin Biography: After concluding her debate with now-Vice President Joe Biden in the upcoming HBO movie "Game Change," Sarah Palin tells John McCain's campaign manager Steve Schmidt why McCain needs to definitely win the 2008 presidential election. "I so don't want to go back to Alaska," Palin says.
The line, uttered by actress Julianne Moore, who portrays Palin in the film, echoes a similar one from a book about Palin — but it isn't "Game Change," the bestseller by Time's Mark Halperin and New York magazine's John Heilemann. Instead, a slight variation of the quote can be found in "Sarah From Alaska," a book written by political reporters Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, both of whom were embedded with Palin during her two months on the Republican ticket. "I just don't want to go back to Alaska," Palin says in "Sarah From Alaska" after the debate…. – Huff Post, 3-7-12
- Moviegoers hail Julianne Moore's Palin: Did DC's political and media elite find Hollywood's portrayal of "Game Change" and Sarah Palin fascinating? You betcha. HBO's "Game Change" had its star-studded — for Washington, at least — premiere Thursday night in the Newseum with some of the town's … – Politico, 3-9-12
- Television review: 'Game Change': HBO's surprisingly kind film about Sarah Palin's run for vice president stars Julianne Moore and Ed Harris. "Game Change" with Julianne Moore and Ed Harris…. – LAT, 3-9-12
- A star is born on 'Game Change' named Sarah Palin: A certain segment of the U.S. population will presumably shun "Game Change.''
As a warts-and-all portrayal of the 2008 campaign of GOP presidential candidate John McCain and his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, this HBO film (premiering Saturday at 9 p.m. EST) has raised suspicions, and hackles, among Palin loyalists. Surely its mission is to trash her, they contend.
Meanwhile, viewers from the other end of the political spectrum will tune in gleefully expecting the same thing: an evisceration of the world's most famous hockey mom…. – AP, 3-8-12
- Palin calls movie fiction Film portrays 2008 campaign: The hotly anticipated HBO movie Game Change airs this weekend just as former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has audaciously reinserted herself into the American political scene, suggesting on so-called Super Tuesday she'd step in to save the Republican party if necessary.
Palin has been complaining bitterly for weeks about the film, which airs Saturday and is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name about the 2008 presidential campaign. She's demanded HBO add a fiction disclaimer to the movie that portrays her as ill-informed, inept and possibly mentally unstable; the cable giant has refused.
Her political action committee recently released its own two-minute video, a mock movie trailer entitled Game Change We Can Believe In.
It's a collection of laudatory remarks about Palin by many of the same Republican strategists who later spoke of deep regret for pushing John McCain to tap the young, dynamic Alaska governor as his running mate in a high-stakes gamble to beat Barack Obama…. – Winniped Free Press, 3-9-12
- Around the remote: Television picks for the week of March 4-10: "GAME CHANGE" – Like a master illusionist, actress Julianne Moore makes an incredible metamorphosis to become Sarah Palin in this compelling, behind-the-scenes look into John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign…. – Kansas City Star, 3-4-12
- HBO's Game Change shows Sarah Palin out of her depth: There is one thing the new HBO movie Game Change won't alter after it airs on television in one week: Sarah Palin will still be loved by many US Republican conservatives and loathed by American liberals…. – Ottawa Citizen, 3-3-12
- 'Game Change' and Politics as Reality TV: There's a great scene toward the end of HBO's Game Change, the controversial and shamelessly entertaining movie about Sarah Palin and the 2008 presidential campaign, starring Julianne Moore as the Wasilla Windbag. A few of John McCain's advisers hit … – RollingStone.com, 3-2-12
- Game Change: Game Change is based on a small portion of the best-selling book of the same name by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin — the portion that eviscerates John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign…. – Entertainment Weekly, 3-2-12
- 'Game Change' is unlikely to change minds about Sarah Palin: If you like the former vice presidential candidate, you will find the film to be offensive. If not, you are primed to enjoy it…. – USA Today, 3-8-12
- Julianne Moore aims for 'total immersion': The 51-year-old Oscar-nominated actress portrays American politician and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in HBO's political drama Going Rogue. The film based on the eponymous book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin follows the 2008 US … – Belfast Telegraph, 3-2-12
- Sarah Palin PAC unveils 'trailer' mocking HBO's 'Game Change,': Sarah Palin has ripped the movie "Game Change," which documents her 2008 bid for the vice presidency. Attention HBO: Sarah Palin won't see your movie. But she will raise you a trailer…. – New York Daily News, 3-2-12
- Sarah Palin: The big loser in 'Game Change': Predictably, Sarah Palin emerges as the big loser in HBO's movie adaptation of "Game Change," the best-selling book about the 2008 presidential race. The people in charge of the film could have done … – MarketWatch, 3-9-12
- Dressing the Part: Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in 'Game Change': The HBO movie "Game Change" has come under fire by Sarah Palin and her supporters for its characterization of her as a vice presidential candidate who was obstinate, out of her depth and even delusional. One aspect of the portrait that hasn't been attacked: its costuming.
"It's a pretty easy thing to be uncontroversial about," says director Jay Roach, whose team combed through reams of rally footage and rope line photos to source the clothes worn by Palin (played by Julianne Moore), John McCain (Ed Harris) and other members of the Republican team…. – WSJ, 3-9-12
- Game Change: No one doubted that Julianne Moore would nail the physical details playing Sarah Palin in Game Change, about the Alaska governor's astonishing explosion on the political scene in 2008 as John McCain's running mate. So, yes, she does "the voice," which … – People Magazine, 3-9-12


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Facebook didn't invent irresponsible hospital employees who take photos in emergency rooms and post them on the Internet. Most any middle school student can point you to disturbing medical or crime paparazzi images floating around in cyberspace. But like any well-made tool, Facebook sure makes things easier.
In an article about patient privacy breaches and social networks, the Los Angeles Times reported that four staff members were fired and three disciplined at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif. after photos of a victim with multiple-stab wounds showed up on Facebook. It wasn't the first time medical personnel exploited patients on Facebook, and despite federal laws and growing zero-tolerance hospital policies, it probably won't be the last.
In June, five nurses were fired from a California hospital for discussing patients on Facebook. A nurse in Glasgow, Scotland was disciplined in January after posting surgery photos on her profile. Many hospitals now block Facebook and other social networking sites on in-house computers, but exploitation isn't limited to hospital workers. A Staten Island EMT lost his job last year after posting photos of a murder victim on Facebook.
Perhaps their motivations weren't as malicious as the results, but there is no reasonable excuse. Humans are compelled to look at carnage — and make others look at it, too — for complex reasons, most of which probably revolve around coping mechanisms. A doctor carrying gory images on his cell phone is not unusual. Cops make jokes about grisly crime scene photos. I know a reporter who kept a photo of his first "floater" in his desk as a totem of passage.
Whatever. You do what you gotta do to keep on dealing with your job or wrapping your head around that fact that you, too, could become gravely ill or injured, and most definitely, you're going to die. But here's what you don't do: You don't post those photos on the Internet where anything could go viral and everything is forever.
"It's bad enough if it's an unauthorized person checking something for curiosity's sake. It's another thing to have that then broadcast to dozens or even hundreds of people if not the Internet itself," Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access, a Sacramento-based patient advocacy group, told the Times.
"People have an expectation of privacy," Wright goes on to say. Yet there's a market for this information. In 2008, a UCLA Medical Center employee admitted selling medical information about Britney Spears, Farrah Fawcett and other celebrities to the National Enquirer. The hospital also fired 13 employees and disciplined 14 others for accessing Spears' medical information just for kicks.
With the advent of the Internet, medical information and photos of non-celebrities are also a commodity among carnage junkies. In 2006, photos of an 18-year-old woman killed in a car accident went viral after two highway patrolmen shared them via e-mail. The images became a popular Internet meme, and the young woman's family suffered years of torment from morbid pranksters who spread the photos, posted them on a MySpace memorial page and sent e-mails that either contained the photos or derogatory comments about the deceased.
Obviously, most hospital and emergency workers, as well as police officers can be trusted not to post patient or victim photos and other private information on Facebook, and the Internet at large. Still, here we are six years into Facebook's existence, and it's happened enough to give responsible, caring hospital workers a bad name.
The Internet, and especially Facebook, are now a ubiquitous presence in our lives, but our impulse control still isn't up to speed. Full-grown adults still post stuff on social networks that will get them fired, divorced or arrested. That's fine if the poster is the only one affected by his thoughtless actions. The rest of us read about it on Failbook and have a hearty guffaw that the self-pwned dude's expense. That isn't the case here.
Even a medical or emergency worker who doesn't have the moral compass to understand how messed up this is should grasp that photographing people when they're most vulnerable and exposed is professionally really messed up. Just as driving instructors need to teach students not to text while driving, maybe medical training should include "Don't Be Taking Photos of Patients or Victims and Posting Them on Facebook 101."
That such a course isn't yet offered is understandable. One would think that rules like "Don't photograph the injured or dead and post them on your social network profile," would be taken as read. But just as colonists had to make a law against feeding indentured servants to pigs, hospitals are now instituting strict rules to prevent employee behavior on social networks that potentially destroys lives or the memories of loved ones.
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Ron Paul notes that only 5 printed copies of the bill were available to read, some of it handwritten. These copies were only made available after 12:30 AM last night, hardly enough time to even skim the surface of what was contained within the 1,071 pages. "The bankruptcy of the country is at our doorstep and the destruction of the dollar is the thing that will finally wake us up."—Paul
GOP leader Boehner says the 'stimulus' bill is 1,071 pages, making it impossible for anyone to read it before the vote.
After Rushing to pass the "stimulus" bill before anyone had a chance to read it, Obama "promptly took off for a three-day holiday getaway" and won't sign the bill until he returns. What was the rush for (besides ensuring that no one could read the bill)? more…
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I wanted to create interesting, entertaining stories. My affiliation with manga (Japanese comics) was established early in my life. Acacia destiny is not my first manga – I have also produced a webcomic (www.BlueBuster.net). I truly enjoyed producing this and the responses I received. My life's goal is to become a successful manga artist!
Compare the relationship between the works including the contemporary manga style work Acacia destiny and the ancient tradition of storytelling in Japanese art and history as seen in this painted scroll. Scrolls such as this can be traced as early forms of the Japanese cartooning tradition. Consider how both works convey humorous narratives of drama, violence and entertainment.


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Husband says shooting wife was accident
As his newlywed wife lay dead on the kitchen floor of their Norwich apartment, Chihan "Eric" Chyung told police he had accidentally shot Paige A. Bennett Chyung after the two argued for hours about a fishing rod he had just purchased, according to court documents unsealed in New London Superior Court Thursday.
Eric Chyung, 46, is charged with first-degree manslaughter and is being held on a $1 million bond at the MacDougall Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield.
According to police reports and search warrants, Chyung called police at 11:39 p.m. on June 2 and stated he had shot his wife. The police arrived at 257 Norwich Ave. to find Chyung standing near his pickup truck, which was parked behind the house. He surrendered without incident and directed police to his Glock 9 mm handgun in the truck.
Inside the house, police found Paige Chyung, a 46-year-old nurse's aid, on the kitchen floor with a single gunshot wound to the head. A shell casing was on the floor, and the victim was holding what appeared to be a bag of marijuana, according to the report.
Chyung told police he was packing to leave the house when he accidentally shot his wife of three weeks.
"We were having an argument. I went to put the gun away," he said. "I bought a new fishing rod. She was mad."
Chyung said his wife left the house briefly during the argument, telling him, "I don't need you home when I get back." He packed a suitcase and placed it in the kitchen next to the door that leads outside.
When his wife returned, Chyung said, the argument continued. He said he decided to leave and retrieved his pistol from a bedside table since he didn't know how long he would be gone. He said he kept a loaded magazine in the handgun but did not leave a bullet in the chamber.
Chyung said he went into the kitchen with the gun in his right hand and was going to place it in the suitcase. He said he was not "really" aware that his wife was in the kitchen.
"The accused stated as he went to put the handgun into the suitcase it was pointed in the direction of the victim and the handgun fired," the report says. "He stated his finger was not 'consciously' on the trigger when it fired."
Chyung said he took the suitcase and gun, left the house and called a friend from his truck. He told the friend he had killed his wife, and the friend told Chyung to return home and call police.
Chyung, who is being represented by public defender Kevin Barrs, is due back in court on Aug. 5.
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Bush, Clinton watch NCAA final
ARLINGTON, Texas — Former President Bill Clinton initially took a back seat to his successor during the national anthem at the NCAA championship game.
But once the game began, Clinton and former President George W. Bush gathered in the same row and sat next to each other in the luxury box belonging to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at AT&T Stadium. They laughed while their images were being shown on the giant stadium video boards, and drew applause from the crowd during a break in the first half.
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Apple and HTC End Their Global Patent Battle
Perhaps there is hope that Apple's patent wars will come to an end after all.
In a surprising turn of events, Apple and HTC announced late Saturday night that they have resolved all of their patent disputes and are now entering into a 10-year patent licensing agreement.
The two companies have been fighting each other in courts around the world ever since Apple first sued HTC in 2010 for allegedly infringing on patents related to the iPhone. Since then, the courts have ruled in Apple's favor on multiple occasions, including earlier this year when the International Trade Commission issued a big blow to HTC by temporarily halting sales of the company's new One X and Evo 4G LTE smartphones. Perhaps that defeat made the company more willing to settle with Apple.
Both companies suggested that the goal of the settlement is to move beyond litigation and back to innovation.
"HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so HTC can focus on innovation instead of litigation," Peter Chou, HTC's CEO said in a joint statement. Apple's CEO Tim Cook echoed the sentiment, saying, "We are glad to have reached a settlement with HTC. We will continue to stay laser focused on product innovation."
The two companies did not disclose the terms of the new licensing deal, which includes current and future patents held by both Apple and HTC, but an HTC spokeswoman did tell The Wall Street Journal that she doesn't expect the agreement to have an "adverse material impact" on HTC's business.
Apple pursued a lawsuit with HTC as part of a "thermonuclear war" declared by former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs against Google's Android operating system and its manufacturing partners. In addition to HTC, Apple is also engaged in a high-profile global patent battle with Samsung. Unlike HTC, however, Samsung has won cases in several countries against Apple and has a much greater share of the smartphone market, which likely makes it less interested in settling. Meanwhile, Apple continues to escalate its patent fight against Samsung by filing more lawsuits against the company's products.
Apple's willingness to settle with HTC either signals a shift away from Jobs' "thermonuclear war," or a revised strategy of focusing its efforts on the two big players: Samsung and Google. For his part, Apple's current CEO has repeatedly stated that he's less interested in pursuing litigation than his predecessor might have been.
"I've always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it," Cook said during Apple's second quarter earnings call in April. "We just want people to invent their own stuff."
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Florence — Columbine. Virginia Tech. Sandy Hook.
Just the names are enough to bring back images of fear and horror. And to strike terror in the hearts of school employees everywhere.
The idea of a shooter in a school horrifies teachers, parents, community members and law enforcement alike.
On Wednesday, officials from the Florence Police Department met with employees of the Florence-Penrose School District to present a training on how they should respond when an active shooter is in the building.
"This program that I put together is not meant to be controversial," said training coordinator Bill Venelli. "We're training today for something that could possibly happen tomorrow."
Wednesday's presentation was the first of what will be three stages of training. The next step, Florence Chief Mike DeLaurentis said, is to have officers from the department, Fremont Sheriff's Office and the Cañon City Police Department do walkthroughs of all the schools in the district.
"We want to familiarize everyone with the schools in our district," he said.
If there is ever a situation, officers from multiple agencies will be responding. Those departments also have been issued detailed maps of all the schools.
The third step in the program will be ongoing active training with officers at different schools.
"It's going to be an ongoing activity till the end of the school year," DeLaurentis said. "It may never happen here. Our point is, if it does, that we can respond properly."
Venelli went through information about how to respond when a shooter is in the vicinity, how to respond when law enforcement arrives on scene and how to recognize signs of potential workplace violence.
"(Law enforcement's) job is to stop the shooter," Venelli said. "We will proceed directly to where the last shots were fired. The first officers have to go stop the killing."
He said that during an active shooting incident, typically one person dies every seven to nine seconds.
It is important for employees to be aware of their environments, he said.
"When we get complacent is when things happen," Venelli said. "We have to be vigilant all the time."
He also told the employees to think about their own personally safety first, even before their students.
"They're going to do what you tell them to do or what they see you doing in a crisis," he said. "They're going to follow your need."
Superintendent Rhonda Vendetti said the training was the suggestion of the FPD.
"We're really fortunate to be able to have Bill Venelli," she said. "He's an incredible resource."
She said several security measures have been put in place and drills are held with students in each school twice each month. A school board workshop Feb. 6 will discuss additional recommendations.


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Bisons blanked, Davis goes 3-4
The Bisons' offense just couldn't get started on a long rainy night in Moosic, PA.
Buffalo batters struck out 11 times, hit into three doubleplays and fell to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, 1-0, on Thursday night from PNC Field. In a game that featured an hour and 13 minute rain delay, the Herd failed to dent the scoreboard against four Yankee hurlers.
The lone run of the night came compliments of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's outfielder David Winfree. Three pitches after the grounds crew took the tarp of the field in the fourth inning, Winfree took a 2-0 delivery from Bisons' reliever Mike O'Connor (0-1) over the wall in left-centerfield.
Buffalo's offense collected just six hits on the night, including two hits to lead off the second inning and two more to start off the fifth. Those rallies were haulted by a pair of around-the-horn, 5-4-3 doubleplays hit into by Russ Adams and Jesus Feliciano.
Ike Davis had the best night at the plate for Buffalo, going 3-4 with a pair of doubles. However, his ninth-inning strikeout at the hands of Jonathan Albaladejo ended the first game of season for Buffalo.
Tobi Stoner saw his Opening Day start cut short because of the inclement weather. He looked the part as the top pitcher in the Herd rotation with four strikeouts in 3.1 scoreless innings.
O'Conner took the loss because of the Winfree home run. The southpaw recovered to throw two innings of relief for Buffalo.
Mark Melancon (1-0) earned the win for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with two shutout innings of work of starter Ivan Nova.
BISONS NOTES: Bobby Parnell threw 2.1 shutout innings in his Bisons debut…Feliciano bounced into 18 doubleplays a season ago with the Herd. That was the second most in a single season in the Bisons Modern Era…Buffalo went 0-8 with runners in scoring position.


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Policies and FAQEnglish language culinary arts programs
What is the cancellation policy?
Should A Taste of Culture need to cancel any or all segments of a program, every effort will be made to re-schedule sessions at a mutually convenient time. If that is not possible, a full refund will be made promptly for sessions canceled by A Taste of Culture.
If an individual or group is unable to attend A Taste of Culture program for which they have already enrolled, that person or group may designate a substitute for him/her/them. No additional fees are charged to the participant (substitute attendee). Any financial arrangements made between the original participant and his/her/their substitute is at the discretion of the person originally enrolled. All requests to have a substitute attend a program, however, must be received by phone or e-mail at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled class meeting. When making such a request, please provide the full name and (local, Tokyo) contact phone number and e-mail address of each person who will be taking the place of the originally enrolled individual or group.
Limitations on Liability
Every possible precaution is taken to ensure your personal safety and the safety of those in your group. However, registration for, and attendance at, all programs is subject to the following condition: the director and staff of A TASTE OF CULTURE, are released from, and specifically disclaim, all responsibilities for injuries or illness incurred traveling to and from sessions, during sessions, or resulting from food prepared at, or according to recipes distributed during, cooking & tasting sessions, market tours or other field trips, including restaurant meals.
Should A Taste of Culture be prevented from performing its duties by reason of Force Majeure (including but not limited to war, pandemic, or natural disaster, such as earthquake) A Taste of Culture is released from its obligations.
NOTE: Tuition fees for cooking workshops, market tours and other field trips conducted by A Taste of Culture do NOT INCLUDE food & beverage not specifically mentioned in the program description. Tuition does NOT include the cost of local transportation. Any purchases made by participants during class, market tours or field trips are at the discretion of each participant. Participants in all programs are responsible for making arrangements for, and making payment for, their airfare, lodgings, and transportation to/from/within Japan. Participants are also responsible for obtaining and paying for any travel/trip/health insurance coverage they would like to have.


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Most orders are packed and shipped Monday-Friday only. Most orders are shipped within 24 hours from the order date. Orders placed on the weekend and select holidays are processed on the next business day. Due to high volume, it may take two days to process orders after a weekend or holiday.
If we are unable to process your order due to inaccurate or incomplete payment information, your order processing may be delayed an additional 2 business days. Orders with out of stock item(s) may take an additional 5 business days to process and ship.
Products from vendor REVIVIFY have longer shipping and arrival times due to the products being shipped directly from manufacturers in international territories. Arrival times range from 10-30 days.
Shipping Zones
We ship to U.S. delivery addresses in the 48 continental states only. We do not ship to international delivery addresses or Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories at this time.
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At Revivify, ground shipping is no cost to you. This limited time offer applies only to standard ground shipping.
* No price adjustments on previous purchases. Offer is non-transferable without consent by Revivify. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Valid on standard U.S. ground shipping to U.S. delivery addresses in the 48 continental states only. Not valid for international delivery addresses or Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. Boxes, and APO/FPO addresses. Additional charges.
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- Ground Shipping usually arrives within 4-8 business days from the shipped date, excluding holidays. However, please note that the Ground Shipping range will vary depending on your zip code. An estimated range will be provided at checkout based on your zip code.
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- Express shipping is not available for Alaska, Hawaii, P.O Boxes, and APO/FPO addresses.
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Instagram is one of the biggest social networks which holds the highest engagement rate currently among all other social networks. The users are growing daily and they're very active on the network itself. Each Instagram account has the ability to create it's own biography which includes personal information about you.
Using our Instagram Scraper you can scrape for unlimited amount of usernames and filter them on the fly or afterwards. That way, you can create a very specific user base and target your campaign to specific users that might be interested in your products.
Instagram Username Scraper Preview
Instagram Scraper in action
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If you have any questions, feel free to contact me via the contact form.
Scraping types
- User's Followers
- User's Followings
- Hashtags
- Locations
- Users Who Liked A Photo
- Users Who Commented On A Photo
- Which payment methods are accepted?
– PayPal and Bitcoin
- How long does it take to receive the download link after purchase?
– The download link and license details are sent usually instantly (sometimes a few minutes) on the same e-mail as your PayPal.
- How many computers can I use the software on?
– You can use the software from 2 computers simultaneously. The limit may change in the future.
- Will you maintain and update the software?
– Yes, the software will be maintained and updated regularly.
- How do I get the new updates?
– The software has an auto-updater built-in and you will be asked to update if there is a new update when you start the software.
- Which operating systems are supported?
– Windows operating systems only. If you want to run on Linux/Mac, you have to use third party software, such as Parallel Desktop, Wine, Virtual Machine and so on.
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- By purchasing the software you agree to these terms.
- You may not attempt to crack or reverse-engineer the software. Doing so will result in a license termination.
- You may not share your license with anyone else. Doing so will result in a license termination.
- I am not responsible how you use the software.
- All sales are final and you may not chargeback. If you have any issues with the software, please contact me privately.
- These terms can change at any time, with or without notice.
- There might be false positive detections, so if you're using an anti-virus or firewall, you might have to add an exception/white-list for the software in order for it to work.


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|Waterfront Home. Immaculate Cabin/Home and Quaint Cabin. Puget Sound at your own private Beach. Clamming, Crabbing and Fishing right from your front door. This is a 2/1 bedroom home. Great room, easy working kitchen all with view. Entertaining size deck. Outside storage. lots of storage. Park your boat in front of your piece of paradise. Awesome view of the Cascades, City, and mother nature. A must see.
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How to sync contacts between Square and Freshsales?
We're currently looking for partners and distributors in different regions. If you're interested, please feel free to contact us.
SyncPenguin can be used to configure Square Customers and Freshsales Contacts real-time two-way synchronization. This page provides some information on how to configure and start the sync using our dashboard.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any problems or questions - our support is always glad to help the customers. Also note that it's always possible to customize your sync in case you need a different field mapping, sync behavior, or any other adjustment. For any such request, please contact us directly to discuss the details.
1. Register and log in
The first step is to go to the SyncPenguin dashboard, sign up and login. Please follow the following link to do that:
2. Create the sync
The next step is to create the sync in the Synchronization section of the dashboard by clicking the plus 'Add' button. You'll see a wizard page, where you need to follow three steps of the sync creation:
- Select the first data source (Square Customers)
- Select the other data source (Freshsales Contacts)
- Specify the name and sync direction (two-way, A to B or B to A, depending on the direction you'd like it to sync)
3. Create an account and sign in to Square and Freshsales
The next step is to open the sync you just created and create an account in the Accounts section. An account is created for each person you want to create a sync for, so you can name it as the name of the person you are configuring.
If you then open this account, you can see there are two sections: data source A and data source B. Those represent the two profiles that will be synced. For each of them, you have to click the 'Sign In' button and sign in to the corresponding business app. If you cannot see the 'Sync In' button, it means you need to enter the credentials manually (API Key, username/password or similar).
In some complex scenarios it might be difficult to get the settings right. Please don't hesitate to contact us in case of any errors or doubts.
4. Configure, test and start your sync
The last thing, of course, is to test your connection and start the continuous sync itself.
In order to do that, go back to the sync page and click the 'Run' button near your account. This schedules a sync job that you'll see in the section below.
The first sync is used to test the connection - after a couple of moments, you should see a green 'Finished' in the status column. If you see a yellow 'Finished with error' instead, most probably there's an error with access or settings. Feel free to contact us in such case.
Now you can test the sync itself. Go ahead and create a test entry in Square or Freshsales, and click 'Run' once again. You should see it synced in the other app you specified. Great!
The last step is to configure and start your continuous sync. You can configure the following basic things:
- How often the sync is triggered (update interval)
- The direction of the sync (two-way or one-way)
- Whether it's allowed to handle deletes or not
Make sure you click the Save button once you're done configuring.
Then just click the Start sync button and your scheduled sync has started!
Contact us
In case you have any questions, or if you'd like to request a custom sync to be built based on your requirements feel free to contact us using the form below.


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Students taking AP courses up 73% in Anne Arundel County School
Administrators at one Anne Arundel County school are raising the bar with a bit of campus advertising and some old-fashioned motivation.
The number of high school students taking advanced placement or AP classes has more than tripled in a three-year time span at North County High School.
The number of students taking AP courses at North County high increased by almost 73 percent. More and more students are signing up for AP courses in their freshman year.
"I knew I wanted to, but I knew it would be a challenge. But my teacher said they have really helped to make it easier to make sure you don't feel overwhelmed and kind of like get off track," student Sandra Sandeep said.
Students who pass AP courses and an exam at the end of class receive college credit.
"My mom encouraged me to take AP creative writing because it would help me to be creative and express myself through creative writing," student Devin Colebrook said.
You could say there's been a sort of AP fever around campus with a record number of students enrolling and passing the high level courses.
"It's two fold. It's teachers and it's administrators encouraging students to take AP. We've had AP fairs here where we've kind of advertised our courses to kids and really put it out there to tell the students what AP can offer them," teacher Scott McGuire said.
Daniel Shanley, a North County senior is taking four AP classes this year.
"It is definitely more work, but in the end it's worth it. It's a college level class. It's a good atmosphere. It really gets you ready for your future to get a jump start," Shanley said.
"I encourage them to take AP, to push the rigor and to try to class, to take risk. I tell them if you never try you'll never know how far you can go so we actually tell them to pushing their goals," teacher Reed Cooper said.
North County's principal Bill Heiser said he is not surprised that more of his students are accepting the challenge.
"You need to instill a belief in students and they have to believe that they can actually take these challenging courses and not only just take them, but there is an expectation for them to get assistance when they need help that there are interventions in place so they won't fall," Heiser said.
Another sign of progress is that professors are showing on campus this year at North County High to teach college-level courses.


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The Traditional IRA and its offshoots (SEP, SIMPLE, rollover and Roth IRAs) play a leading role in helping millions of U.S. taxpayers invest for retirement.
However, many IRA owners are unaware of the opportunity they have to consolidate their multiple IRAs by using a "Super IRA" strategy (most common is a rollover 401k).
An IRA consolidation strategy can lead to reduced fees and increased buying power. I've had several instances where an individual has had several old retirement plans from previous employers. That has included defined benefit plans, 401k's, TSP's, 403b's and Keough plans. The paperwork alone was cumbersome and consolidating has made tremendous sense.
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Android Wear standalone GPS Tracking
Hello Strava,
Android Wear has just received an update that allows tracking using the watch's in-built GPS. Currently only the Sony Smartwatch 3 supports this, however, I'm sure this will change very soon. It would be great to leave my phone behind when I go cycling/running and just use my smart watch to track my progress. Please can you tell me, does Strava have plans to utilize this new standalone GPS functionality in an Android Wear app?


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Chapter 3: The lands peopled by the Mandingas and Sonequei, pp. 1-12 ff.
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